Come Visit.
You’re at Home.

Our nursery and an in-sanctuary place space are open for children on Sundays.
Our Mission & Vision
- To worship the Lord with heart, soul, mind and strength
- To engage our neighbors in central Montgomery County
- To equip each generation for Christian discipleship.




Sundays at GPC
9:30 & 11:00 AM – Worship Services in the Sanctuary
11:00 AM – Worship by Livestream
Communion

Children’s Ministry Offerings
11:00 AM – Sunday School (ages 6+)
In person and via Zoom
Youth Group Offerings

History 
In 1962, the Potomac Presbytery selected the community of Gaithersburg as the location for a new church. The first service was held on November 25 with 25 parishioners in attendance. On May 17, 1964, the Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church was formally organized with 82 charter members. Services were originally held at the Gaithersburg Junior High and High Schools until the first building was constructed in 1966 at our current location. The first service in the new building was held on July 24, 1966.
Full-time Staff 

The Rev. Mary Austin
Rev. Mary Austin served churches in New Jersey and Michigan in various capacities, including head of staff, associate pastor, and hospice chaplain, before coming to GPC in 2020. She is a graduate of Wells College and holds a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. Rev. Austin enjoys working with the dedicated members and talented staff of GPC, listening together for where God is leading GPC. The author of Meeting God at the Mall and Ashes at the Coffeeshop, Resurrection at the Bus Stop, she also blogs from time to time at Stained Glass in the City. Rev. Austin and her husband, Carl Smith, have a daughter in college.
The Rev. Mary Beth Lawrence
Rev. Mary Beth Lawrence is a native of South Carolina, and graduated from Furman University with a B.A. in history and from Columbia Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree. Prior to joining GPC in 2002, she served the First Presbyterian Church in Marietta, Georgia, for 15 years. While at GPC, Rev. Lawrence has met people from all over the world and has traveled to Africa and the Middle East to see what God is doing in those areas. She is happy to report that “The church is alive and well!” In Gaithersburg, Rev. Lawrence works with more than a hundred volunteers in the community and in the caring ministries of the church.
Carolyn Hayes
Carolyn and her husband, Stuart, have been active members of GPC since 1998. Since then, she has served in many capacities—Sunday School teacher, VBS teacher and director, Bridges to Worship leader, church elder, lay leader, and coordinator for FourthNight children’s activities. Carolyn has a degree in Modern Society and Social Thought from the University of California at Santa Cruz and worked in retail for 14 years. She found her calling teaching preschool – first at Gaithersburg First Baptist Church for 2½ years and then at Gaithersburg Presbyterian Preschool & Kindergarten for the next 16 years. In 2017, she heeded God’s call to move to her current position. Carolyn and Stuart are the parents of an adult daughter.
Carrie Larsen
Wade Meyers
Rev. Whitney K. Fauntleroy (part-time)
Support Staff 



Andy Gosnell
Facilities Manager
ext. 1108

